Horse Racing News Around The World

Robert Smerdon was convinced Anatina had returned to training an improved filly and he had that opinion confirmed in a first-up win at Flemington. Smerdon thought the 1100m of Saturday’s Listed MSS Security Stakes was at the upper end of Anatina’s distance range, but the strength of her three-quarter length […]

Realism will probably win out over optimism as trainer David Hayes finalises autumn carnival plans for Clifton Red after the filly scored a debut victory in the Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Flemington. As impressed as he was with Clifton Red’s Group Three success, Hayes said the Golden Slipper might be […]

For trainer Joe Cleary, Sunday’s Black Opal Stakes in Canberra isn’t just another race. It’s personal. Cleary can still remember watching on as a 15-year-old “pup” as his father Frank trained Clan O’Sullivan to win the 1992 edition. His father won it again with Catbird in 1999 and he admits […]

Chris Waller has a horse for the moment and one for the future as he assembles his best middle-distance talent against It’s A Dundeel in the Chipping Norton Stakes. It’s A Dundeel is an odds-on favourite to deny Waller four successive wins in the weight-for-race at Warwick Farm on Saturday, […]

Guy Walter expects Oaks-bound Zanbagh to run well in the Surround Stakes as he did when she ran first-up in the Light Fingers. What he didn’t expect after the Light Fingers (1200m) was to be attending a stewards’ inquiry into the tactics Blake Shinn used after the filly ran the […]

Mister Milton is a labour of love for Norman Waymouth who has spent the past three months devoting his time and energy into getting the horse ready for the Newmarket Handicap. And it’s not just a pipe dream for the trainer, even though bookmakers rank Mister Milton as an outsider […]

Anthony Cummings is convinced Thunder Fantasy can turn the tables on Shamus Award in the Australian Cup leaving Fiorente as the colt’s biggest obstacle. The news the Lloyd Williams-owned pair Green Moon and Mourayan are expected to take up forward positions has reinforced the trainer’s belief Shamus Award is more […]

She’s long been the lonely, so-called Lady Trainer, but it looks like Gai Waterhouse is finally getting some sisterly back-up. According to Racing Victoria (RV), more women are involved in Victorian thoroughbred racing than ever before. There are now 50 female jockeys riding in the state, up 10 per cent […]

Damian Browne is free to ride Buffering in his comeback race after getting a stay of proceedings pending his appeal against a suspension which threatens most of his autumn carnival ambitions. The jockey was outed for six weeks after being found guilty of not giving Kingtantes every chance in a […]

There is a sense of anticipation accompanying trainer Joe Pride heading into the autumn carnival. Rain Affair has been Pride’s headline horse but a lacklustre Expressway Stakes return has cast doubt over his ability to keep that position. Terravista has emerged as a possible successor. And after five wins from […]